They had sent Otherworlders to kill Wang Xuan, and now they had openly declared that they would clash in the Heavenly Grade Zone. Even the defected Black Gold Lion Clan, Sky Hedgehog Clan, and Two-headed Clan were shouting provocations, their hostility unmistakable.
"Kong Xuan, you'd better take care of yourself. Five Tribulations Mountain is like rotten, decayed rafters beneath an old house. If you don't break away now, do you want to rot away with them and perish alongside them?"
"So blind to the times!"
Then, those people announced the time for the duel: Two months later, in Heavenly Grade District 81.
"These bastards are too hateful! They deserve to be sliced into a thousand pieces!" The wolf badger was so furious that the three feathers atop his head stood on end. He launched into a stream of curses.
The outside world erupted in discussion, filled with clamor. Everyone felt that this was simply intolerable.
Wang Xuan vanished from District 72, concealing his tracks as he acted directly. He could not possibly let the other side dictate the tempo. He was preparing to strike ahead of schedule.
He received an important lead: the Four Great True Saint Dojos were transporting "materials."
This involved Forbidden Magic Arrays and certain terrifying "old objects" that could not be stored inside spatial artifacts.
That was rather chilling. Any such bizarre artifact was bound to be exceedingly terrifying, and there was a high probability that they could be assembled into rare Great Killer Weapons.
The information was extremely reliable. It came from an Observation Post—Suspended Ridge. Qingkong was recuperating there, and the two sides had a firm foundation of trust.
Yet Wang Xuan moved stealthily all the way to District 77 and found neither the targets nor anything else, only some lingering traces.
Those